Does anyone remember ComputerVision DesignView?
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Does anyone remember ComputerVision DesignView?
Does anyone remember ComputerVision DesignView from the early '90s? I seem to recall that it was really rather good. Can anyone suggest a modern equivalent for 2D parametric sketching? Alternatively, does anyone have an old copy of DesignView I could have?
Cheers,
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product that was renamed Pro/Desktop.
Wasn't that DesignView?
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I remember Designview back in the days when we were running CV Personal Designer.
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Wasn't Designview started by some of the people who eventually formed Solidworks?
BTW, as I remember, Designview was not a 'finished' product, and had some hiccups...
AFAIK, Personal Designer is/was still available on the web, without the surfacing and CAM modules.
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Pro/DESKTOP was orginally called DesignWave when it was a secret project at ComputerVision. I was at the last Computervision conference in San Diego and had to sign a non-disclosure to see it. PTC bought them a few months later and renamed it as Pro/Desktop.
I think Design View might be referring to Personal Designer.
Joe
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Well fortunately some of you do...
My thanks to John for sending me copy of the software, and also to various other people for their suggestions. However I don't think there is an alterative solution to this piece of 1980's software (yes, it is that old).
I have actually put in a request to PTC that they should re-instate it because it is/was brilliant (see attached). The simplest/best 2D parametric solutionthat I can find.
Sam
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- Pro/DESKTOP (aka DesignWave) may have used some components of DesignView, but it was 3D whereas DesignView is pure 2D.
- DesignView was originally developed by a company called Premise (who were subsequently bought by CV). The key individuals at Premise then went on to be founding members of SolidWorks.
So there you go...
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